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Show FIRES ARE RAGING OVERJRTHWEST VIRTUALLY EVERY TIMBERED AREA BEINQ THREATENED BY RAVINQ FIRES ' Every Possible Precaution Being" Tak. on to Buard Against New Out. break Washington Clover. nor Issues Call Seattle. rorest firea are raging la virtually every timbered area of the Pacific Northwest and huadreds of men are being rushed to augment the crows which havo been working to control blazes constantly growing in number and size for the last week or ten days. Fires are burning in every county of western Washington from the Canadian Can-adian border to the Columbia river, in eastern Washington, northern Idaho, Ida-ho, western Montana, central and western Oregon. The situation is so serious that leading lead-ing logging operators -of western Washington havo with few exceptions abandoned all efforts to work ln the woods lest they add to th peril by the danger of setting new biases in tho tinder dry areas. Apepal by Governor Hart that thoy uspend operations until a rain re- lloves the fire raennco has boon mot by most of tho loggers, many of whom did not start up after the Fourth of July holiday. Tho sltuntlon In Skagit and Whatcom What-com counties was reported growing more sorlous hourly. In onstern Thurston county n fire got beyond control con-trol of tho crew fighting It nnd was racing toward ono of tho largest stands of virgin Douglna fir loft on tho coast. In tho spruce stands of Clellum county crows woro working to keep n check blazes which havo been burning for several days. |